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Abstract
The 260-kDa galactose-inhibitable lectin of Entamoeba histolytica mediates binding of amebic trophozoites to purified colonic mucins and intestinal epithelial cells. Parenteral immunization of Lewis rats with immuno-affinity-purified lectin with Freund's adjuvant and then intra-Peyer's patch inoculation of lectin with cholera toxin B subunit as adjuvant elicited a significant anti-lectin secretory immunoglobulin A response in the bowel lumen. Purified intestinal secretory immunoglobulin A from three or four immunized animals studied possessed inhibitory activity (P < 0.02) in an in vitro assay of trophozoite galactose-specific adherence to Chinese hamster ovary cells.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7822040 PMCID: PMC173050 DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.2.686-689.1995
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441